11.   However, losing Riley to Miami would seem pleasurable compared to the professional degradation Checketts would suffer were he to become the next commissioner of baseball.

12.   Indeed, while the payoff may seem slim compared to other investments, the notes are among the safest of all.

13.   Its offerings seem minimal compared with the Big Three.

14.   Knoblauch seems healthy compared to Strawberry who, curiously, does not seem to engage the same hearts who bleed for Coach Olson.

15.   New York buildings rarely seem overpriced compared to property and rent costs in, say, Hong Kong or Japan.

16.   Now such a comment seems quaint compared to the likes of those above.

17.   Second, Tupperware stock seems cheap compared with that of other consumer goods companies.

18.   Some researchers wondered if too much attention was going to a threat that seemed far-fetched compared with mass killers such as malaria and AIDS.

19.   Such rehashing will seem infinitesimal compared with what might greet a Ripken move.

20.   That seems meager compared to possibly billions of dollars that may have to be invested in creating the system.